Roll of Honor
Incident
Chief of Police Samuel Stair was shot and killed while walking a suspect to jail. He had just arrested the 19-year-old suspect for robbery and was attacked by the man in front of the Wilkes-Barry and Hazleton Railway station. The suspect escaped and was never apprehended.
In March of 1915 skeletal remains of a man found in a woods four miles from Dupont were thought to be those of the suspect, but it could never be proven.
Chief Stair had served with the Nuangola Borough Police Department for ten years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and ten children.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief of Police Stair gave the Nuangola Borough Police Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Nuangola community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Stair.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Chief of Police Samuel Stair is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In PA, 597 of 1,261 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 47.3% of this state's fallen. That is 6.9 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Samuel Stair's cause is highlighted.
How Samuel Stair Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Samuel Stair is highlighted in Oct.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths.